Currently available Drugs to treat COVID 19
COVID 19 or coronavirus disease 2019 was first reported in Wuhan province of China in October 2019. The newly discovered disease is caused by SARS-COV2 which affects mostly the respiratory system in the body. This disease was declared pandemic by WHO in February 2020. The worst hit countries among all are USA, Brazil, India, etc. Various ongoing research are dedicated to find a vaccine against this virus and in absence of vaccine some antiviral drugs are considered best and safer options to treat the disease. While there is no specific proven treatment for the novel coronavirus yet, patients are being administered different drugs that were approved for the treatment of other diseases The drugs which are currently used are - 1. Remdesivir Originally developed by US-based biopharma company Gilead Sciences, Remdesivir is an antiviral that was used for the treatment of Ebol a and has been repurposed for treatment of Covid-19. How Remdesivir works? Remdesivir is designed to obstr